New chocolate and a rejection

Will Write For Chocolate has been updated. I know several people (people I really LIKE, even :-) who often skip to the end of books to read the ending before they'll read the rest of the book.

While working on the strip above, I received some disappointing news: my book for young people got rejected. :-( Ouch. Still, I'm grateful to the editor for her detailed feedback before my revision; my manuscript is that much stronger as a result. I'll be sending the book out again right away, of course, plus continuing to work on my next story.



I don't care how many times I've been or will be rejected: it's always an ego-blow. I'm hugely bummed, of course, but I've been rejected in my freelance writing career before and am confident that this book will eventually find the right editor.

My self-therapy: I'm going to continue to expand my Writers and Rejection: Don't Give Up! page. If you know of rejection stories of writers who eventually did well for themselves, please do let me know and I'll add it to my list. Please do include a source URL if at all possible, thanks!



Other news...

For those of you who have been following the Happy Endings Foundation saga, a columnist/blogger for The Telegraph in the UK has posted a follow-up (and a link to my Inkygirl post) after contacting the Lemony Snicket marketing people.



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